Prevalence and Causes of Fatal Outcome in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1798-1803

  Cappato, Riccardo ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^b   Chen, Shih Ann ^c   Davies, Wyn ^d   Iesaka, Yoshito ^e   Kalman, Jonathan ^f   Kim, You Ho ^g   Klein, George ^h   Natale, Andrea ⁱ   Packer, Douglas ^j   Skanes, Allan ^h  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^h LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; pulmonary vein; radiofrequency; supraventricular

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; FATALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SEPTICEMIA; TRACHEA COMPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349117063     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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